Ruth believes that every person has the ability to grow towards health. With the support of a caring and strong therapist, clients are able to find the courage to look into their darkest places and find light. Symbol and metaphor are powerful tools to help move through this journey.

Ruth has found experiential therapies such as play therapy and wilderness therapy to be very effective.

Play Therapy is very effective in helping children ages 3-12 who experience a wide variety of issues.

• Social and Behavioral problems • Anxiety and Fears • Depression and Lack of Self Esteem • Physical and Sexual Abuse • Adoption and Foster Care • Trauma • Divorce or Separations • Transitions • PTSD

Ruth also works with adults and adolescents who struggle with these issues. Sessions can take place in her office or wilderness settings.

I am a Certified Life Coach, working with teenagers and parents of teens. I offer 1:1 coaching, classes, and workshops. I typically work with teens that are feeling overwhelmed or stressed with their schedule, grades, or life in general. I work together with teens to bring their strengths to the surface, develop positive ways of negotiating challenges in their life, and to BE their vision.

I also work with parents of teens to become a coach to their child. They learn coaching skills to enhance the communication and relationship with their teenager.

www.Tools4Teens.com

"2001 Counselor of the Year" Empowering People to Succeed in Life! Children, Adolescents, Parents, Families, Individuals. In addition to individual & family counseling, I teach social & personal skills for Kids, ages 5-15, in interactive, fun, workshops; Friendship, Anger, Self-Worth, Bullying, Anxiety, Divorce, & more. I've worked with hundreds of kids as a school counselor for 14 years & as a Licensed Professional Counselor for 4 years. In 2001, I was the Elementary School Counselor of the Year in the State of Colorado. I love the work I do, making a difference in people's lives; Empowering People to overcome challenges and trauma, to fulfill their potential and live their dreams!" (sLewis.consulting@gmail.com)

www.successstrategies4kids.com

My role as therapist is to support and assist fellow travelers along their journey through the wilderness of life. While each person is unique, presenting individual sets of strengths and challenges, we all walk through this experience together. The path we travel, from the depths of the dark night of the soul to luminous expansion toward self-actualization, is at once terrifying and ecstatic. It is my calling to explore this territory together, bringing to the sacred space of therapy a safe and strong container which empowers you, my client, to chart your own course into life.

Certifications/Licenses:

MA Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Wilderness Focus Naropa University - 2012

4Gateways Coach - A Jungian archetypal model, this approach is highly effective with specific concerns - 2011

DBT Facilitator - Noeticus Denver - 2011